Weekly Travel News Recap: March 9 – 15, 2014

Here are some of the relevant travel news headlines and stories from the previous week through today:

Questions abound as to the nature of MH370 – Last week, a Malaysian Airlines flight 370 went missing; now, with numerous countries offering resources to help determine the fate of the missing airliner, officials are still clueless as to the answer. (NYDN)

United to debut “stretch” Dreamliner – United Airlines will start flying its new 787-9 plane soon, a Dreamliner version that can hold between 250 – 290 passengers, 40 – 80 more than the standard Boeing 787-8. (USA Today)

Failed takeoff at Philly – US Airways flight 1702 had its nose gear collapse as it went down the runway; uninjured, they finally made it to their Florida destination. (MSN)

London City Airport to try for Mideast, Russia – London City, one of the UK capital’s smaller airports, is trying to get flights to Russia, Turkey, and the Middle East; new planes allow the airport to consider longer haul flights that formerly couldn’t handle its short runways. (Bloomberg)

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